“Master Of Puppets, to me, is the greatest modern heavy metal album ever made. Pound for pound, songwise, musically, sonically, production – it’s just fantastic.

“I know dudes who will fight me over that stuff because we’re so nerdy on it. But to me, that is the template for every great heavy metal album.”

He identifies Slayer’s Reign In Blood as worthy of praise but adds: “As much as I love Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven really set the tone for me. That album is just so tight. It’s got everything.”

Megadeth’s Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? is next – Taylor says: “If you talk about that album as a casual listener they’ll immediately talk about that song. They don’t realise that album is such a riff clinic. You’re listening to it going, ‘How did you write that? Where did that come from?’”

And Anthrax receive praise for Among The Living: “It was such a showcase for everything they’re about. Heavy riffs, crazy blasts, and then you could feel there was a fun vibe that was kind of missing from the other ones.

“Anthrax wasn’t afraid to enjoy themselves. That’s one of the reasons to this day they’re one of my favourite bands.”